BASSA's latest!!!!!!!!
"It’s a funny old world...
It wasn’t so long ago that our pilot colleagues wanted our help.
They were organizing a ballot for strike action over their fears regarding the introduction of “open skies” and the impact it could have on their future prospects and earnings.
Our pilot colleagues were, quite rightly, concerned and felt very confident of their moral high ground and balked at the audacity of British Airways for daring to seek to undermine them by employing cheap labour pilots, on inferior terms and conditions.
BA attempted to end their legitimate ballot by legal action, and their threats prevailed.
Sound familiar?
How surprising then, as we face a battle for our own survival, that BALPA has chosen to remain "neutral" when their own members are actively volunteering to work as cabin crew to break our strike. And they call themselves a Union?
How thoughtful of them to repay our support. They can rest assured that when their time comes, and it will, that we will be equally supportive.
Apologies to those pilot colleagues - and we know there are many - who have a conscience and would never dream of doing such an underhand act, but to those that choose to do so and those that requested it....
Have a good long hard look at yourself and remember how much our two communities will suffer. Our Unions may not have always seen eye to eye but at the end of the sector when push comes to shove (and doors go into manual) crew will always “protect” pilots ...............
To BALPA and those selfish members who are volunteering to "strike break" and therefore harm people who are a lot worse off than them, we have a two word message, they might well remember the next time they wish to socialise with cabin crew down route"
"FOXTROT OSCAR"
Last edited by moo; 22nd Jan 2010 at 12:38.